Detailed Description Of Data

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Detailed Description of Data

Figure 1: Patients on the Waiting List by Organ (September 2024)

Organ	Needed
Kidney	89,792
Liver	9,424
Pancreas	850
Kidney/Pancreas	2,177
Heart	3,456
Lung	898
Other*	240

*Other includes allograft transplants like face, hands, and abdominal wall.

Data collected in September 2024.

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Figure 2: Transplants Performed by Organ (In 2023)

Organ	Received
Kidney	27,332
Liver	10,659
Pancreas	102
Kidney/Pancreas	812
Heart	4,545
Lung	3,026
Other*	153

*Other includes allograft transplants like face, hands, and abdominal wall.

Data collected in September 2024.

The "Patients on the waiting list by organ as of September 2024" chart shows a snapshot in time (number of patients on the waiting list on a specific day, in this case, September 15, 2024), while "Transplants performed by Organ" shows the total of transplants over the course of months or an entire year (in this case, in 2023), in other words not for a specific day. Every day, patients are added and removed from the Waiting List. The figures in the charts are provided to give high-level information about organ transplant statistics at a certain point in time.

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Figure 3: Organs People Are Waiting For (September 2024)

Organ	Percentage
Kidney	86%
Liver	9%
Pancreas	1%
Heart	3%
Lung	1%
Other*	2%

*Other includes kidney/pancreas and allograft transplants like face, hands, and abdominal wall.

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Figure 4: Waiting List by Age (September 2024)

Age in Years	Number on the Waiting List
Under 5	642
6 - 10	464
11 - 17	960
18 - 34	8,420
35 - 49	23,203
50 - 64	43,829
65 +	26,460

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Figure 5: Patients on the Waiting List by Ethnicity (2023)

Ethnicity	Waiting List (Needed)
White	40,476
Black	28,552
Hispanic/Latino	23,757
Asian	8,673
American Indian/Alaska Native	901
Pacific Islander	603
Multiracial	937

Data collected in September 2024.

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Figure 6: Transplants Performed by Recipient Ethnicity (2023)

Ethnicity	Transplants Performed (Received)
White	23,470
Black	10,826
Hispanic/Latino	8,539
Asian	2,793
American Indian/Alaska Native	366
Pacific Islander	176
Multiracial	381

Data collected in September 2024.

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Figure 7: Deceased Donation by Age (2023)

Age in Years	Donations
Under 5	322
6 - 10	115
11 - 17	442
18 - 34	3,717
35 - 49	4,849
50 - 64	5,397
65 +	1,494

Data collected in September 2024.

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Figure 8: Number of Deceased and Living Donors (2023)

• Living: 6,959
• Deceased: 16,336

Data collected in September 2024.

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Date Last Reviewed: October 2024